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Cohere vs OpenAI pricing

What Cohere and OpenAI each publish about pricing, every dated change on their own pages, and what government buyers paid. Side by side, each line with its source.

Cohere

Cohere publishes pricing at cohere.com/pricing (as of PriceTape's capture on Nov 3, 2026).

Changes on their pages

observed between Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 1, 2026

Replaces Embed 4 with cheaper Embed 5 Fast/Pro tiers

price

observed between Mar 16, 2026 and Sep 28, 2026

Flagship Command model goes free; publishes Model Vault rates

price from an archived copy

observed between Dec 2, 2024 and Apr 29, 2025

Adds Command A, R7B Tiers; Raises Embed 20%

price from an archived copy

observed between Apr 9, 2024 and Dec 2, 2024

Cuts Command R Token Prices Up To 70%, Drops Tier Labels

price from an archived copy

Government contracts

Shared Services Canadaawarded Nov 6, 2025

339,000 CAD

None

awardedseats not stated

Source: government contracthttps://search.open.canada.ca/contracts/record/ssc-spc%2CC-2025-2026-Q3-00385

OpenAI

OpenAI publishes pricing at openai.com/api/pricing (as of PriceTape's capture on Nov 3, 2026).

Changes on their pages

observed between Oct 28, 2025 and May 28, 2026

Swaps GPT-5 Lineup for Pricier GPT-5.5/5.4 Models

price from an archived copy

observed between Feb 1, 2025 and Oct 28, 2025

Swaps flagship pricing to GPT-5, adds AgentKit billing

price from an archived copy

observed between Jul 13, 2024 and Feb 1, 2025

Cuts GPT-4o price 50%, adds o1 and Realtime API pricing

price from an archived copy

observed between Feb 1, 2023 and Jul 13, 2024

Replaces Ada/Davinci pricing with GPT-4o; adds DALL·E 3, Assistants API fees

price from an archived copy

observed between Nov 20, 2021 and Feb 1, 2023

Cuts base GPT-3 prices up to 67%; adds DALL·E, fine-tuning pricing

price from an archived copy

Government contracts

U.S. federal executive-branch agencies (via GSA OneGov/Multiple Award Schedule)negotiated Aug 6, 2025

1 USD

None

negotiatedseats not stated

Source: government contracthttps://www.gsa.gov/about-gsa/newsroom/news-releases/gsa-announces-new-partnership-with-openai-delivering-deep-discount-to-chatgpt-08062025